OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2019-0044)

high Nessus Plugin ID 129137

Synopsis

The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

- KVM: coalesced_mmio: add bounds checking (Matt Delco) [Orabug: 30318042] (CVE-2019-14821) (CVE-2019-14821)

Solution

Update the affected kernel-uek / kernel-uek-firmware packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?94061713

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 129137

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2019-0044.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 9/23/2019

Updated: 4/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14821

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek-firmware, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleVM/release, Host/OracleVM/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14821